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cavalier sports 10 CAVALIER CORNER around grounds this month in uva history Aug. 30, 2003 — The Virginia football team shut out No. 18 Duke 27-0 in its season opener. The Cavaliers' defense stifled the Blue Devils' offense, allowing just 120 pass- ing yards. On the other side of the ball, UVA was led by a pair of running backs — WALI LUNDY and Alvin Pearman, who both topped 60 yards on the ground. Aug. 29, 2014 — The UVA men's soccer team defeated No. 25 Old Dominion 1-0 in overtime in the first game of the 2014 season. Ryan Zinkhan scored the golden goal just more than a minute into overtime, clinching a thrilling victory that would be a sign of things to come for Virginia. This was the first of seven games that went to overtime in the 2014 campaign, including the national title game which the Cavaliers won in penalty kicks over UCLA. PHOTO COURTESY UVA PHOTO BY MATT RILEY/COURTESY UVA 12 Total bases racked up by former UVA catcher Olivia Gott (2016-19) for Israel at the Women's European Championship June 30- July 6 in the Czech Repub- lic. She rapped out three singles, a double, a triple and a home run while driv- ing in five runs. 70 206 Was the three-round score compiled by rising second- year Jack Montague to win the Delta Dental State Open of Virginia July 20. He won in a playoff against Virginia Tech rising fourth-year Mark Lawrence and became the first amateur to hold the Open trophy since 2011. 374 Feet was the distance of former UVA star Matt Thaiss' (2014-16) first career MLB home run. The 2016 first-round draft choice was called up by the Los Angeles Angels in early July and delivered a go-ahead three-run homer in a win over the Seattle Mariners July 14. $14,490,360 Is the amount of guaranteed money for- ward De'Andre Hunter will receive after signing a four-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks, who selected him with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. Sacks tallied by CHRIS LONG during his 11-year NFL career with the St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. Long, who retired in May, played in 162 of a possible 176 games, finished in the top 100 in career sacks (tied for 92nd) and tackles for loss (tied for 67th with 85), won two Super Bowls and was named the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. "In 2006, when I took over the program, I said this was my dream job and it still is. I don't want to serve anywhere else. My family and I believe God has us here for a reason. I love our team. I love our staff and I am all in with Carla Williams' vision for the future of our athletic department. With the new Master Plan taking shape, we are positioned to accomplish great things at Virginia." — Wrestling coach Steve Garland on his passion for Virginia wrestling after signing a four-year extension to remain a Cavalier through the 2022-23 campaign "Nothing is guaranteed to you. Nothing is going to be given to you. With that mindset and approach, it helps us put in perspective that we're going to have to come out each and every week and earn everything that we get." — Fourth-year cornerback Bryce Hall when asked about the difficulty of living out the coaching staff's motto of "everything earned, nothing given" after an impressive 8-5 2018 season PHOTO COURTESY RAMS